How Commodity Markets Work | WSJ

Florida-grown oranges, which were once used to make more than 90% of the U.S.'s orange juice, might be going extinct, sending frozen concentrate orange juice futures to record highs.

WSJ’s David Uberti explains how volatility in commodity markets impacts the price you pay for products like orange juice.

Graphic: Miki Katoni

00:00 Why Florida’s oranges might go extinct
00:36 How frozen concentrate orange juice became a commodity
02:08 How commodities are traded
03:11 How futures contracts benefit farmers, manufacturers and financial traders
04:02 How futures prices impact retail prices

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